10: Chapter 10 Bloody Slaughter

"Hurry, let's find Junior Brother and get out of here quickly. The Snowstorm Demon Ape won't let us go!"

In the forest, a man and a woman fled in a sorry state, moving nimbly and using the tall tree trunks to block the Demon Ape's fierce attacks.

The Snowstorm Demon Ape was irritable; its massive body charged recklessly, causing tree trunks as thick as a thigh to snap and topple over.

"Junior Sister, ahead is a cliff with a rushing river below. It's our only chance to escape!"

The Blue-robed Youth, blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, said anxiously.

"I know, Senior Brother!" the Pink-robed Girl replied.

Roar!

The Snowstorm Demon Ape roared, throwing a punch that released white cold air. It spread like frost, tearing through the air towards the two of them.

Pfft!

The Blue-robed Youth shoved the Pink-robed Girl hard, jumping off the cliff. He took the Demon Ape's attack, spat out a mouthful of blood, and his body fell from the cliff like a kite with a broken string, disappearing into the turbulent river below.

On the cliff, the Snowstorm Demon Ape saw the two figures disappear and began pounding its chest frantically with both fists, sounding like the ancient bell of a temple, emitting a rumble like muffled thunder.

Bang!

The sent flying mercenary crashed into a tree trunk; the intense pain made him grimace, and he collapsed to the ground.

From the first strike to taking down the mercenary, it all happened in the blink of an eye.

When the mercenary who had regained his senses looked over, he discovered that his companion was already lying on the ground resting.

"Who are you? Why do you want to kill us?"

He suddenly looked up and questioned, staring in terror at the youth in green robes, whose delicate face was cold, like century-old black ice.

He stammered.

"You don't know who I am? And you two came together to find me?" Hun Tiandi said indifferently.

"You are... Yun Tian?" The mercenary's expression turned ugly upon hearing this, and he looked up sharply at the seemingly harmless youth.

"Correct, also the little beast you spoke of!" Hun Tiandi said coldly.

The mercenary's face turned ashen upon hearing this; his right arm bone was broken, his ribs were fractured, and there was almost no chance of escape.

He had the signal flare of the Sky Wolf Mercenary Group in his bosom; if he had a chance, he would fire it to summon his companions.

"You... if you kill me, the Sky Wolf Mercenary Group won't let you go!"

The mercenary was terrified, beads of sweat forming on his forehead.

"Heh, let me go? You've been chasing me all the way through the Tianmu Mountain Range, never giving me a way to live?"

He said indifferently.

"Answer a few questions for me?"

"I can answer, but will you let me go?" the mercenary bargained.

Hun Tiandi narrowed his eyes, crouched down, grabbed the mercenary's broken arm with his right hand, and ripped it off with a forceful tug.

He tossed it aside casually, and the mercenary's screams startled the birds into flight.

His blood-stained hand grabbed the broken ribs; the pain, like a surging tide, made the mercenary scream and kick his legs.

"Big Brother, stop, I'll talk!"

"I still prefer your unyielding demeanor. Why don't you go back to that?" Hun Tiandi grinned.

The mercenary's face turned pale as snow upon hearing this, his legs trembling. He hadn't expected this youth, who looked only about ten years old, to be so ruthless.

"How did you find me?" Hun Tiandi frowned slightly.

"A few days ago, a mercenary saw you and reported it to the Young Leader."

The mercenary didn't hide anything and said directly.

"Is the Sky Wolf Mercenary Group putting a bounty on me now?"

"That's right. Whether providing information or capturing you alive, the Young Leader is offering a bounty of a Xuan-tier intermediate cultivation method or Dou Technique."

Hun Tiandi chuckled, killing intent surging in his pitch-black eyes.

"One last question, how many of you came?"

"Three squads, twenty-two mercenaries in total. The captain is named Captain Wentao, a nine-star Dou Practitioner. The mercenaries are scattered in the forest!" The mercenary's eyes rolled as he tried to pull a dagger from behind his back.

"Die!" Hun Tiandi's right hand moved like lightning, twisting the mercenary's neck.

He efficiently collected both their storage rings, the solemnity on his delicate face masking the surging killing intent in his eyes.

He picked up both bodies and tossed them into a pit not far away.

"You want to kill me, right?"

"From this moment on, every mercenary from the Sky Wolf Mercenary Group who enters the Tianmu Mountain Range will be wiped out..."

"The bloody slaughter begins now..."

In the lush jungle, insects and beasts chirped in the silence. Suddenly, a figure with a face full of terror darted out of the forest, startling the birds into flight.

He looked back from time to time, as if some terrifying magical beast was chasing him.

After running for a distance, the mercenary saw a light ahead and was overjoyed; if he could hold on a little longer, he could summon his companions for rescue.

The mercenary stepped on a fallen tree trunk, his body leaping up violently, aiming to dash towards the light.

Looking at the light within reach, a joyful expression appeared on the mercenary's face. A breakthrough! His smiling face froze in an instant.

Swoosh!

A green-bladed longsword arrived like lightning, piercing through the mercenary's chest. The immense force carried the mercenary forward.

Bang!

A muffled groan sounded, and the man and sword were pinned to the tree trunk. The mercenary, whose life was fading, struggled violently with his legs.

Unfortunately, he could not escape the arrival of death.

A green figure dashed out from the forest, powerful energy tearing through the air, carrying a sound like muffled thunder as he slammed a heavy fist into the head.

It exploded instantly, red and white matter sprayed everywhere, ending the mercenary's life.

He pulled out the green-bladed longsword from the tree trunk, the mercenary's corpse falling to the ground. He shook the longsword in his hand, the blood drops falling off, leaving the blade as bright as a mirror.

He looked coldly at the dead mercenary on the ground and said indifferently: "The fifteenth... since you take money to do a job, you must have the awareness that you might be killed in return."

On the bluestone stood Hun Tiandi, who had just begun his slaughter.

In three days, he had encountered over a dozen waves of Sky Wolf Mercenary Group mercenaries. Whenever he found a lone mercenary, he struck decisively to kill.

Along the way, almost all mercenaries below the seven-star Dou Practitioner level had been slain.

According to his information, the Sky Wolf Mercenary Group had dispatched over twenty people this time, including a leader who was a nine-star Dou Practitioner. He would not let the remaining ones go either.

Now, with Hun Tiandi's strength, after reaching the ten-stage peak, he could kill a seven-star Dou Practitioner within thirty rounds.

The day before yesterday, Hun Tiandi learned from a mercenary about the internal information of the Sky Wolf Mercenary Group: the strongest was the leader, Sky Wolf, who was at the peak of a nine-star Dou Master.

Below him was the Young Leader, Tian Gang, a two-star Dou Master, and three high-ranking captains who were nine-star Dou Practitioners. Excluding these five, no one in the entire Sky Wolf Mercenary Group could stand against him one-on-one.

Gazing at the corpse on the ground, Hun Tiandi flickered and swept out towards the outside of the forest.

"Young Leader Tian Gang, wait for me, I will come to find you..."

"Bastard, damn thing!"

In the great hall, Tian Gang heard the bad news that had been sent back and instantly flew into a rage, smashing the teacup in his hand with a palm strike and roaring in anger.

Watching the furious Tian Gang, none of the high-ranking members of Sky Wolf in the hall made a sound.

"In three days, we have already lost nearly twenty people. If this continues, our Sky Wolf Mercenary Group might as well disband!" Tian Gang said coldly.

No one answered.

"The person behind this is undoubtedly Yun Tian!" a nine-star Dou Practitioner said dryly.

"Young Leader, you should take action yourself!"

"The three of us will guard the Leader; the Leader is in seclusion breaking through to Dou Master and has reached a critical moment, so he cannot be disturbed!"

A nine-star Dou Practitioner beside him said, biting the bullet.

"I, the Young Leader, will take action personally, skin him and pull his bones to vent the hatred in my heart!" Tian Gang pondered and ordered.

He decided to take a squad of men into the Tianmu Mountain Range, while the rest would stay to guard the Leader.

Cough, cough!

By a riverbank, the Blue-robed Youth coughed violently, soaked all over, looking around in confusion. In the distance, the Pink-robed Girl was also lying prone.

He swallowed a healing pill and sat cross-legged to regulate his breathing. This trip to the mountain range could be described as suffering a crushing defeat.

Half an hour later, the Blue-robed Youth opened his eyes, his injuries having recovered by fifty percent, and he walked towards the Pink-robed Girl.

"Junior Sister, how are you?" he asked.

She also produced a healing pill, woke up, and said: "Senior Brother, where are we?"

"Let's go, let's find Junior Brother!" The two discussed it and walked into the forest, disappearing from sight.

Half a day later, the man and woman appeared, looking at the white clothes scattered all over the valley and two piles of stark white bones, picked clean by magical beasts.

"Senior Brother, who could it be? Daring to kill people from our Starfall Pavilion!" The Pink-robed Girl was full of killing intent.

"Junior Brother went to find the youth in green robes, could it be that he killed them?"

"That shouldn't be. Junior Brother is at the ninth stage of Dou Zhi Qi with outstanding talent, and with the backing of Starfall Pavilion's resources, he was able to cultivate to the perfect realm!"

"That youth in green robes shouldn't have such strength. He looks a few years younger than Junior Brother. Do you think he has the strength to kill someone at the ninth stage of Dou Zhi Qi?"

The Blue-robed Youth analyzed.

The Pink-robed Girl nodded slightly upon hearing this, agreeing with what her Senior Brother said.